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Responding to light

United States, 1984

TV show
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Episode number 5 of Series “The Photographic vision”.
Comments from well-known photographers and illustrations of their work center around the topic of the art and craft of manipulating light in the camera. Examines the effect of shutter, aperture, and camera pans. Photographers John Divola and Linda Connor discuss their work and how they use the technical aspects of photography to achieve creative effects.

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Credits

producer

Sandra Ostertag

production company

CBS

Coast Community Colleges

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

KOCE-TV (Television station : Huntington Beach, Calif.)

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1984

Appears in

The Photographic vision

Group of items

The Photographic vision

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

305799

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography - Exposure

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography - Study and teaching

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Open learning

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Photography - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

People → Connor, Linda, 1944-

People → Divola, John

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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